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@uiten taire utrut @Hita Lettere Patent' No. 82,631, dated September 29, 1868.

IIICIPROVEILIEN'I' IN HORSE-RAKES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCER': i

Be it known that I, HEZEKIA B. NOBLE, of South Windsor, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut,

have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Hay-Rake; and to enable others skilled in the art tov make and use the sume, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation by referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures. i

vThe natureoi` this invention will be understood from the specification and drawings.

The object desired to be attained thereby is to produce a simple article, eiicient and convenient for use, and chen-pen the manufacture. l i

In the accompanying drawings- Figure I is a side elevation. Figure 2 is a top or Dian view. a is the axle.

b are the wheels. c are the thillsi. cl isthe driver or operators seat. e is a cross-plate and foot-piece to the thills, all of which, thus far, Vare constructed in the ordinary way. f are supporting and actuating-bars, having aplatforni, y, secured upon their'inner ends, betweenthe thills c und foot-piece e. .These barsf are secured-itc and oscillate upon the axle a, by means of boxes or straps Vfitted around the round portion or bearing on the axle, and then `secured to the thi'lls by screws or bolts, thus `allowing the bai-sf to play or oscillate freely upon the laxle a.

i atingl substantially as andforthe purpose described.

7i is a rake-head, made in two parts, and secured firmly together bym-cans of' a crank, m, and plates n, and firmly secured or'bolted to the inner ends of therake-head. I

This head ha-vin' round bear-infr at z" is secured and revolves in boxes or bearin s o formed in the outei` b o g s r.

endsof the bars 7c is a crnnl-c-arm,A which holds the rake in a proper or ,desired position for use or forrest, by means of a lever, p, (secured at its lower en'd in the p1atform,) and'rack-holder, q. This lever-holder q is made of avpropcr width :ind height, having protuberances or depressions, r, to receive and. holdthe lever p when the rake is in its proper position for raking. It (the rack-holder) is also provided with a. fastening-bolt, s, which enters the side of the lever, for holding the rake-head in an inoperative position. u is a ratchet-plate, secured to the front edge of the platform g in a perpendicular position, the object of which is to adjust and hold therake in its proper 4position while it is revolving, or in an elevated or nearly a horizontal position with the teeth v, rby' means of a spring or foot-catch, w, secured upon the cross-plate Ve.

Thus it w.ill be seen ythat the mechanism of this rake is reduced to a complete state of simplicity, utility, 'and durability, thereby renderingv it cheap ofimauufacture and. desirable for use. v

I believe I have thus shown the nature, constructiomand advantage of this invention, so as to enable.

others skilled in the art to make and use thesame therefrom.

What I claim, xtherefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The crankl m, plate n, head h, teeth 11,'(wl1ich constitute the rake-head,)`in combination with the bars ff,

rack u, pawl e, (for elevating or depressing the rakehead,) armsY k, lever p, and holder q, all arranged andA oper- HEZEKIAH B, NOBLE. `[r.. 5.]

Witnesses:

. E. W. BLISS, 4

JEREMY W. Buss. 

